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June 17th - Using Social Media for Social Change - Joe Solomon

Jun 2008 17
Tue 7:00 PM
Location

422 Richards Street
3rd floor
Vancouver, BC V6B 2Z3
604 767 8778

Estimated attendance
 65  people attended.
4.00 4.0011

Who organized?
Monica Hamburg

Joe Solomon: Using Social Media for Social Change


Nonprofits have been using social networks to get the word out since long before the Internet existed. So what happens when nonprofits combine the power of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. to engage and expand their already-existent social networks? It's kind of like a supernova of social change that's addictive, fun, and often unexpected!

Joe will discuss amazing case studies of how nonprofits and social change makers are using Web 2.0 tools to get the word out and inspire action. Joe will also talk about his recent experiences working on the Knowmore.org Firefox Extension, which won 2nd place at the NetSquared Conference.


Joe Solomon (EngageJoe.com) is a social media consultant for nonprofits and organizes the Vancouver Net Tuesdays. Joe's also on the look out for more speaking gigs and new clients - you can reach him at [masked].

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Talk about this Meetup

  • Stephen Jagger
    Posted Jun 18, 2008 8:05 AM
    Good times. Nice to chat with a few people. Look forward to the next one.
  • Posted Jun 17, 2008 11:04 PM
    Great meeting. Everyone was friendly and talkative. I'll definitely be at the next meeting.
  • Jonathon Narvey
    Posted Jun 17, 2008 10:57 PM
    Sorry, everyone. I'm not well. Will have to catch up at the next one. I think this is the second one in a row I've missed, so if I bow out again, I believe I'm out of the club.
  • Sean
    Posted Jun 17, 2008 10:55 PM
    Fantastic evening! Great content + conversation. I'll be attending the next event for sure!
  • Tanya Davis (aka NetChick)
    Posted Jun 17, 2008 9:59 PM
    Assistant Organizer
    Okay, Jonathon, I totally didn't see you, or I would have taken you in the arm wrestling... Next time!!
  • Pre-Meetup comments below
  • Jonathon Narvey
    Posted Jun 16, 2008 2:54 PM
    Joe, this is going to be AWESOME! Looking forward to learning from your wisdom. It's so hard to stay ahead of the curve all the time on social media, but you've done it. I hope to come away with at least three great ideas on using social media to enact social change. I'm sure you won't disappoint. Oh, and just in case anyone besides Monica was interested, the perpetual arm-wrestling challenge is upgraded to a full-on thumb wrestling matchup. Prepare for humiliation, chumps.
  • joesolomon
    Posted Jun 16, 2008 2:09 PM
    What are your favorite examples of using social media for social change? Looking forward to including a number of your examples -- http://socialmedia4change.p...
  • Raul
    Posted Jun 11, 2008 10:44 AM
    I'm excited to see Joe speak, as I've been previously at the NetTuesday's that he organizes! And besides I might live-blog or re-cap.
  • Monica Hamburg
    Posted Jun 10, 2008 2:25 PM
    Assistant Organizer
    I'm excited too! Joe is a really bright guy and very knowledgeable. On another note, I don't see any discussions on this board re planned arm-wrestling... Has the trend passed, is it not a summer thing? :)
  • Marco Battilana
    Posted Jun 9, 2008 9:57 PM
    Looking forward to it. This is my first event, so we'll see how it goes.
  • Monica Hamburg
    Posted Jun 6, 2008 2:48 PM
    Assistant Organizer
    P.S. The note I originally posted about costs is irrelevant at this location. The Network Hub is not charging us to use their location, so we don't need to ask anything from our members :)

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CNW Group

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Rogers Communications

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MolsonCoors Canada

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Fairmont Hotels and Resorts

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Radian6

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